Last Day Of COMEX Show !!

Will be meeting my friend, Danial at Eunos, 3pm. For those who wants to go together, can call me and we meet up together at Suntec. Most probably would be spending my day there. Just woke up and feeling the after-effects of the pains flowing throughout my body. Stupid companies still don't wanna pay me yet and my credit card still not here yet. SIAN !! Hope I will be able to hoot a good item from the Show !

Look around the place, but nothing caught my attention. So didn't buy anything.

Day before, Exam. Day after, WORK !!

Just rush back home to post onto my blog, as I don't want to spolit the purpose of updating daily ! I am damn exhausted now ! Never felt so tired before ! I slept at 3am and got to wake up at 6.30am this morning ! Report to work at 8.30 am and work till 10.15pm !! OMG, non-stop for 13 hours 45 minutes !! Lunch only 15 minutes as they da bao for us ! However, after the hard work of mental and physical torture, it was a rewarding day for me. Never work through the hard way for so long before ! Since this freelance work is rated as $10 per hour. I gained $130 for just one day ! So happy ! Its hard work, not through gamble, nono, i mean the maths number game. Hehe ! Going to Comex tomorrow, as its the last day. :p

Long John Silver is selling CHICKEN RICE !!

In terms of budget and taste wise, which one will you prefer? For me, I will choose the traditional Chicken Rice rather than LJS's Chicken Rice. First of all, LJS's Chicken Rice will not be enough and its expensive. The traditional chicken rice costs about $2-$3 a plate.

Lunch @ Katong Shopping Centre

Just went to Katong Shopping Centre and ate at my favourite Western Stall. As usual, I ate Chicken Cutlet Rice. It had French Fries, Coleslaw, Baked Beans, decent amount of chicken cutlet and rice with their special sauce which cost just only $4.50. Its simply delicious and the serving was great ! I would rate it as the Best Western Food in all coffee shop in Singapore ! Botak Jones used to be good, but now its getting more worst and worst. Botak Jones' serving was like for xiao mei mei.

On the way home, passing by parkway central, I decided to go into the nearby friendly shop to look around. The softwares and games were really outdated ! Wasted my time ! I was still hoping to find some new software or games. So didn't buy anything at all and headed home.

Just received a msg from the boss of Bioslab, this coming saturday, got to work le. Though the pay was good at S$10 per hour, but its really stressful and tedious to work in. But being manipulated by the money, I need to earn as much as possible, after all, for me, weekend had always been bored for me.

HTC Touch Professional @ Comex Show

Wah liao ! My favourite PPC Phone is finally selling here in Singapore @ the Comex Show ! But rumored in the forums that this might be the export set, as the Service Providers here is still not selling it yet. Drool...

Lack Of Patriotism

Well, if the people don't know, let me tell you, it quoted as not many foreigners were staying in HDB flats. Ya right, i think this article was referring to those highly educated ang-mo ! What about those from Ch*** or In***? Make a trip down to Boon Lay MRT and look around ! Its more foreigners than Singaporeans !! Not only in Boon Lay MRT, they were everywhere ! I, myself did put up the Singapore Flag to show my patriotism. If the foreigners wrote such article on the newspaper in the first place, banned HDB flat for foreigners, don't ever let them stay in flats, let them buy private apartment or stay in hotels !

Don't blame foreigners for fewer flags this year
I REFER to the letter, 'Lack of patriotism' (Aug 9), where Mr Chua Sheng Yang rightly pointed out the absence of flags displayed in the Housing Board estates compared to past years. This has been noticed by many of my friends and colleagues as well. Let me, however, assure Mr Chua that the absence of the flags is not due to the influx of foreign talent.

First, not many foreign talent live in HDB estates. Most of them live in private condominiums. And, you may be surprised to note that more flags were seen in condominiums than in the past. I'm a permanent resident, proud to live here and I have been proudly displaying the national flag for the past two years. In contrast, I know of a few Singaporean friends who have stopped displaying the flags, and tell me, 'why bother'?

My feeling is that Singaporeans are taking things for granted. People of today's
generation have no idea what it takes to survive in other countries as they have
grown up with the basic amenities in place.

They are becoming materialistic and self-centred. An example can be seen in the ensuing debate of raising a child and the perks required to start a family.
The way things are going, it will not be a surprise if young, newly-wed couples ask for Government perks before having sex.

Starting a family is not only a personal decision, but also a matter of love and caring, sharing of affection and warmth. It is not about the financial package given by the Government. If that were the case, the world population would decline. Governments of countries with large populations, which are largely poor, do not need to hand out financial packages to encourage their citizens to start a family.

Last but not the least, if the nation is facing a grave problem, then the citizens, who are stakeholders, should come to the rescue. Isn't it time for Singaporeans to stand
up and be counted, and at least have children for the sake of the nation? Or perhaps, they want the foreign talent to do it for them. If Singaporeans have enough children, they will surely be the best of talents.

Source Taken: http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_270894.html

New e-payment system and next generation card for public transit

Say bye bye to Ez-link Cards next year !!

All EZ-Link cards, the stored-value cards used to pay for train and bus rides will be phased out starting next year. Starting August 29, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is piloting a trial of its next-generation smart cards which can be used across systems. The new cards look just like the current EZ-Link cards. But the difference is the markings on the card which shows that it can be used for multiple applications like car park or ERP payments or even to pay for shopping. Currently, public transport commuters use the EZ-Link card to pay for their fares and drivers would use a CashCard to pay for Electronic Road Pricing rates. Lim Bok Ngam, deputy chief executive, Infrastructure & Development, LTA, said: "Under today's system, public transport and the non-public transport are two separate sectors. So those who take public transport make use of EZ-Link Card and those who drive for ERP make use of Nets CashCard. "Going forward, we want to develop a system whereby one card can be used across all the systems which means transit and non-transit. Also we want to introduce competition so hopefully bring down the cost for commuters." Commuters now pay S$5 for EZ-Link cards without any stored-value. The new smart card also does not require a S$3 deposit. Currently the EZ-Link card has a S$3 travel deposit which is not shown as the card balance. The S$3 value is locked in as a travel deposit and can only be used for travel on trains and buses. But those with the new card will not be able to use it at merchants which currently offer payment by EZ-Link, unless these merchants upgrade their card readers. The LTA is pumping in about S$100 million to develop the new system. These include the upgrading of the card readers at trains and buses as well as the printing of the new cepas-compliant cards. There are now about 10 million EZ-Link cards issued. Half of them are active of which some 2.5 million are regularly in use. Mr Lim said: "All these are commercial decisions to be made by the card issuers so if they want to compete in the market and they want to ensure that their cards are widely used for all sectors, then I think they have to build up their business model." There are currently two card issuers in Singapore .They are EZ-Link and Nets. LTA said the new system can support up to four card issuers in the market. Some 10,000 commuters will be involved in the two-month trial of the new smart cards which are Contactless ePurse Application or Cepas compliant. Details of the replacement exercise will be announced later in the year. With the new Cepas-compliant card, the CashCard is not needed if a vehicle is fitted with the second generation IU. All new cars will be fitted with the second Generation IUs from next year. Meanwhile, new motorcycles will come with the new IUs from end August 2008.

Source Taken: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/371754/1/.html

Bought this korean instant noodles !

Haven't tried this noodles yet, however I bought this from Cold Storage. My friend recommended me to try as many food court korean stall are actually making use of these instant noodles to sell. It costs $4.15 for five packets in a pack. If you had tried, can leave your comments here.

The Singapore's 1st online Taxi Fare, Fuel and World's 1st ERP calculator

Just for sharing to everyone while surfing through HardwareZone ! Very informative !

Link to Singapore's 1st online Taxi Fare, Fuel and World's 1st ERP calculator
http://www.efxsoft.com/tripsum/main.html

Source Taken: http://deluxeforums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1996012

A Review Of N95 8GB Edition (By MicroBoI)

Key features
- 2.8" 16M color QVGA display.
- 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and Carl Zeiss optics.
- Massive storage capacity and increased RAM.
- Wi-Fi with UPnP technology.
- Built-in GPS receiver and A-GPS functionality.
- Nokia maps application covering over 100 countries worldwide.
- Dual-slide design with dedicated multimedia keys.
- Standard 3.5mm audio jack.
- 3G (with HSDPA), EDGE and GPRS support.
- Symbian OS 9.2 Series 60 3rd edition Feature Pack 1 user interface.
- TV-out functionality.
- 1200 mAh battery.

Main disadvantages
- No camera lens protector.
- No RDS system for the FM radio.
- Below average GPS performance, no 3rd party apps support.
- Extra charges for voice assisted navigation.
- Cannot edit office documents.
- No card slot.
- Doesn't charge when connected to USB.

My Experiences
After using my N95 8GB for nearly seven months, I had started to develop feelings with it. In my first five months of usage, i really utilised it a lot ! It helps me in my work, as in snapping shots of certain places for corporate planning. I even used it in a official corporate retreat to video the whole process for important discussion sections. I was amazed with the quality as i often compared with the company's digital camera. My phone performs way more powerful than the digital camera. :-) The 3.5mm Earphone jack was cool as it allow me to plug my favourite branded earpiece to listen to my favourite songs. No more sticking to Nokia's own earpiece. :-) Its big screen of 2.8" was great for viewing pictures and videos ! Battery life wise was also very cool, as I played with it alot and as a multi functional phone, it could lasts for two full days with a single charge. Tried the TV-out functionality, however I don't really see the need of using it. Played with the GPS during the trial period, it was somewhat not very user-friendly, but I doubt I would use the GPS function anyway. The only disadvantage that i dislike of the phone was that there was no protection for the camera lens. Being a high-end phone with good lens, I think they should include a cover just like the original N95. But overall, N95 8GB really serves me very well and till now, no other smartphones can be comparable with N95 8GB !